Blood-derived DNA methylation clusters associate with adverse social exposures and endophenotypes of stress-related psychiatric illness in a trauma-exposed cohort of women

Pfeiffer, J.R., van Rooij, S.K.H., Mekawi, Y., Fani, N., Jovanovic, T., Michopoulos, V., Smith, A.K., Stevens, J.S., Uddin, M. (in press, Frontiers in Psychiatry).

Additive effects of stress and alcohol exposure on accelerated epigenetic aging in alcohol use disorder

Jung J., McCartney D.L., Wagner J., Yoo J., Bell A.S., Mavromatis L.A., Rosoff D.B., Hodgkinson C.A., Sun H., Schwandt M., Diazgranados N., Smith A.K., Michopoulos V., Powers A., Stevens J., Bradley B., Fani N., Walker R.M., Campbell A., Porteous D.J., McIntosh A.M., Horvath S., Marioni R.E., Evans K., Goldman D. & Lohoff F.W., Additive effects of stress and alcohol exposure on accelerated epigenetic aging in Alcohol Use Disorder, Biological Psychiatry (2022)

Assessment of brain age in posttraumatic stress disorder: Findings from the ENIGMA PTSD and brain age working groups

Clausen, A.N., Fercho, K.A., Monsour, M., Disner, S., Salminen, L., Haswell, C.C…Fani, N.,…Morey, R.A. (accepted, Brain and Behavior)

Maternal influences on binge eating behaviors in children

La Barrie, D., Hardy, R. A., Clendinen, C., Jain, J., Bradley, B., Teer, A. P., Michopoulos, V., Vance, L. A., Hinrichs, R., Jovanovic, T., & Fani, N. (2021). Psychiatry Research, 295, 113600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113600

Effects of a mental stress challenge on brain function in coronary artery disease patients with and without depression

Bremner, J.D., Fani, N., Cheema, F.A., Ashraf, A., Vaccarino, V. (2019). Health psychol. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1037/hea0000742

Estrogen-dependent association of HDAC4 with fear in female mice and women with PTSD

Maddox, S., Kilaru, V., Shin, J., Jovanovic, T., Almli, L.M., Dias, B.G, Norrholm, S.D.,Fani, N., Michopoulos, V., Ding, Z., Conneely, K., Binder, E.B, Ressler, K.J., Smith, A.K. (2018). Molecular Psychiatry, 23, 658-665

Stress and bronchodilator response in children with asthma

Brehm, J.M., Ramratnam, S.K., Tse, S.M.,Croteau-Chonka, D.C., Pino-Yanez, M., Rosas-Salazar, C.,…Fani, N.,…Celedon, J.C. (2015). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 192 (1), 47-56.

FKBP5 genotype and structural integrity of the posterior cingulum

Fani, N., King, T.Z., Reiser, E., Binder, E.B., Jovanovic, T., Bradley, B., Ressler, K.J. (2014). Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(5), 1206-13.

PACAP receptor gene polymorphism impacts fear responses in the amygdala and hippocampus

Stevens, J.S., Almli, L., Fani, N., Gutman, D., Bradley, B., Norrholm, S.D., Reiser, E., Ely, T.D., Dhanani, R., Glover, E.M., Jovanovic, T., Ressler, K.J. (2014). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 111(8), 3158-63

Childhood abuse and the experience of pain in adulthood: The mediating effects of PTSD and emotional dysregulation on pain levels and pain-related functional impairment

Powers, A.D., Fani, N., Pallos, A., Stevens, J.S., Ressler, K.J., Bradley, B. (2014). Psychosomatics, 55, 491-9

Increased neural response to traumatic scripts in posttraumatic stress disorder following paroxetine treatment: A pilot study

Fani, N., Ashraf, A., Kitayama, N., Reed, L., Jawed, F., Bremner, J.D. (2011). Neuroscience Letters, 491 (3), 196-201

Neuropsychological functioning in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder following short term paroxetine treatment

Fani, N., Kitayama, N., Ashraf, A., Reed, L., Afzal, N., Jawed, F., Bremner, J.D. (2009) Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 42 (1), 53-68

Indirect effects of racial discrimination on health outcomes through prefrontal cortical white matter integrity

Okeke, O., Elbasheir, A., Carter, S.E., Powers, A., Mekawi, Y., Gillespie, C.F., Schwartz, A., Bradley, B., Fani, N. (in press, Biological Psychiatry, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging).

Inflammation, amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal functional connectivity and symptoms of anxiety and PTSD in African American women recruited from an inner-city hospital: Preliminary results

Mehta, N. D., Stevens, J. S., Li, Z., Fani, N., Gillespie, C. F., Ravi, M., Michopoulos, V., & Felger, J. C. (2022). Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 105:122-130. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2022.06.013

Emotion dysregulation and dissociation contribute to decreased heart rate variability to an acute psychosocial stressor in trauma-exposed Black women

Powers, A., Mekawi, Y., Fickenwirth, M., Nugent, N. R., Dixon, H. D., Minton, S., Kim, Y., Gluck, R., Carter, S., Fani, N., Schwartz, A. C., Bradley, B., Umpierrez, G. E., Pace, T. W. W., Jovanovic, T., Michopoulos, V., & Gillespie, C. F. (2021). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 142, 125-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.07.032

Inflammation, reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia and PTSD in trauma-exposed women

Mehta, N.D., Stevens, J.S., Li, Z., Gillespie, C.F., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V., Felger, J.C. (2020). Social Cognition and Affective Neuroscience, doi: 10.1093/scan/nsz100

Brain mechanisms of stress and depression in coronary artery disease

Bremner, J.D., Campanella, C., Khan, Z.,Fani, N., Kasher, N., Evans, S., Reiff, C., Mishra, S., Ladd, S., Nye, J.A., Raggi, P., Vaccarino, V. (2019). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 109, 76-88.

Food addiction and substance addiction in women: Common clinical characteristics

Hardy, R.A., Fani, N., Michopoulos, V. (2018). Appetite, Jan 1;120:367-373. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.09.026

Structural and functional connectivity in PTSD: Associations with FKBP5

Fani, N., King, T.Z., Shin, J., Srivastava, A., Brewster, R.C., Jovanovic, T., Bradley, B., Ressler, K.J. (2016). Depression and Anxiety, 33 (4), 300-307.

Follow-up and extension of a prior genome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder: gene x environment associations and structural magnetic resonance imaging in a highly traumatized African-American civilian population

Almli, L.M., Srivastava, A., Fani, N., Kerley, K., Mercer, K.B., Feng, H., Bradley, B., Ressler, K.J. (2014). Biological Psychiatry, 76, e3-4

Genetic approaches to understanding posttraumatic stress disorder

Almli, L.M., Fani, N., Smith, A.K., Ressler, K.J. (2014).

FKBP5 and attention bias for threat: Associations with hippocampal function and morphology

Fani, N., Gutman, D., Tone, E.B., Almli, L., Mercer, K.B., Davis, J., Glover, E., Jovanovic, T., Bradley, B., Dinov, I., Binder, E., Ressler, K.J. (2013). JAMA Psychiatry, 70, 392-400

Effects of a cognitive stress challenge on myocardial perfusion and plasma cortisol in coronary heart disease patients with depression

Bremner, J. D., Cheema, F. Ashraf, A., Afzal., Fani, N., et al. (2009) Stress and Health, 25, 267-278

Pharmacotherapies for acute and chronic responses to psychological trauma

Fani, N., Hampstead, B., Bremner, J.D. (2006). Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Care Settings, 5(3), 10-16

Functional brain imaging alterations in acne patients treated with isotretinoin

Bremner, J.D., Fani, N., Ashraf, A., Votaw, J.R., Brummer, M.E., Cummins, T., Vaccarino, V., Goodman, M.M., Reed, L., Siddiq, S., Nemeroff, C.B. (2005) American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 983-991